That's how Sony was last generation. I'm surprised Sony has been pretty aggressive with this whole thing. If someone had told me that Sony was going to announce first and then keep talking about the PS4...I would have laughed at their faces.

I think regardless, people will get excited about MS once E3 comes around but if they don't have their stuff ready yet then what can you do? I'm sure they're thinking about taking Sony's thunder at E3 and want to wait before striking.

It might ruffle a few feathers with the indies. Some of them have ps4 kits and love them and know next to nothing, outside of rumors, for the 720. It could cause some time exclusives/exclusives for the ps4 depending on their deal with Sony.

I guess time will tell. It's definitely not doing ms any favors and it's definitely not hurting Sony being that they can get dev kits in the hands of those that want them asap.

It might ruffle a few feathers with the indies. Some of them have ps4 kits and love them and know next to nothing, outside of rumors, for the 720. It could cause some time exclusives/exclusives for the ps4 depending on their deal with Sony.

I keep hearing about indie developers whenever next gen is brought up and I hope that isnt the direction the next consoles are going because most indie games are just low budget titles hiding behind a bunch of pretentious bs and calling it "artistic."

I keep hearing about indie developers whenever next gen is brought up and I hope that isnt the direction the next consoles are going because most indie games are just low budget titles hiding behind a bunch of pretentious bs and calling it "artistic."

Exactly!

BTW..... I swear there was another thread with the same title when it was first announced MS would not be at GDC.

As for this hurting MS cuz they are keeping quiet? Ha!...... OK. That reminds me of those "game over for Xbox 360 when the PS3 is released" statements....... soooooo over the top and untrue.

I keep hearing about indie developers whenever next gen is brought up and I hope that isnt the direction the next consoles are going because most indie games are just low budget titles hiding behind a bunch of pretentious bs and calling it "artistic."

Exactly, Most indie games are not even worth 5 minutes of our time. Rocket Girl was not bad though

I keep hearing about indie developers whenever next gen is brought up and I hope that isnt the direction the next consoles are going because most indie games are just low budget titles hiding behind a bunch of pretentious bs and calling it "artistic."

Bull$#@!. Big publishers have been doing nothing but rehashing the same type of games over and over for the majority.

The indie guys are the reason we even have variety this generation. Otherwise it would have been all Call of Duties or Medal of Honors or Battlefields or whatever else have you brand of $#@!ty ass generic grey and brown first person military garbage.

I thank indie developers from the bottom of my heart for providing some color and much needed inventiveness this generation. It was an otherwise $#@!ty generation bogged down by greedy cash tie ins and raping the consumer with microtransaction bull$#@! for $#@! already shipped on the disc etc etc.

Bull$#@!. Big publishers have been doing nothing but rehashing the same type of games over and over for the majority.

The indie guys are the reason we even have variety this generation. Otherwise it would have been all Call of Duties or Medal of Honors or Battlefields or whatever else have you brand of $#@!ty ass generic grey and brown first person military garbage.

I thank indie developers from the bottom of my heart for providing some color and much needed inventiveness this generation. It was an otherwise $#@!ty generation bogged down by greedy cash tie ins and raping the consumer with microtransaction bull$#@! for $#@! already shipped on the disc etc etc.

why not just wait? We all knew the timeline that they were working on and when it is they are rumoured to be revealing their console. They were never going to show anything at gdc, so why this comes as a surprise or it being to the advantage of sony is still beyond me

why not just wait? We all knew the timeline that they were working on and when it is they are rumoured to be revealing their console. They were never going to show anything at gdc, so why this comes as a surprise or it being to the advantage of sony is still beyond me

Just fanboy fodder to get hits. Thats what passes for gaming "journalism" these days.

All it means is that Sony has mindshare for now. Gamers have something to talk about, developers have something to drool over and news sites have something to write about. I just wanna see MS's nextgen strategy already.

All it means is that Sony has mindshare for now. Gamers have something to talk about, developers have something to drool over and news sites have something to write about. I just wanna see MS's nextgen strategy already.

'For now' is the key phrase for me. Won't be a big deal really, it's not like launch for the PS4 is soon.

It doesn't necessarily hurt MS but its definitely giving Sony a decent anticipation and hype.

As for indie games being the norm? HA! Never in a million years. Of course there will be more of them but that doesn't mean that we're going to see less of regular games. Well maybe a few less but that's to be expected when people's expectations are getting higher as we go along and development is costing more.

We're just going to see bigger indie games and probably a lot of network games by big publishers/developers.

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